This week on Olay & Friends, we break down the recent disagreement between Roland Martin and Charlamagne tha God over the government shutdown — where it came from, what’s driving it, and what it says about the state of Black media, ego, accountability, and the ever-shifting landscape of commentary online.

Chapters:0:002:35 Hello!/The Charlamagne Shutdown Comments6:05 Two Opinions From Problematic Persons10:06 The "Expert" Label & Who Gets to Claim It13:35 Roland: The Die Hard Democrat22:01 The Separation of Journalism From Media28:30 The Charlamagne Breakdown37:58 The Reorientation44:51 The Centralization & incentivization of General Media57:33 Are Media & Journalism Truly Separate?1:11:33 Creating Engagement in Multiple Perspectives From Journalism

The “Brick Lady” case took a major turn this week: she was convicted and sentenced to 90 days in jail, 10 years of probation, a 10-year social media ban, and over $42,000 in restitution for filing a false police report and related fraud charges.In this episode, we break down the internet’s reaction, how this story became another flashpoint in the ongoing gender wars, and what her punishment says about the criminal legal system, proportionality, and the way social media shapes our ideas of victimhood. We get into why people were so invested in the narrative, what this case reveals about public trust, and the larger questions it raises about accountability and community harm.Subscribe to the main channel

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1:02 Hello!/Tyler's Damaging EdgeLord Past Coming Back

10:23 Finding his Blakness Too Late?

20:11 Tyler's Actual Demographic

23:55 Engaging with People Who do Harm & Two Truths Existing With Each Other

28:32 The Public Figures Route to "Accountability"

36:11 The Online Edition of "Many Such Cases"

41:06 Things HAVE Gotten Better in The Culture

44:59 How Tyler & Other Rappers Changed Public Interaction with Black People & Their Experiences

55:24 Levels of Edgelording, & The Marks of Actual Ownership

1:04:24 IDubbz & Tyler as Token Men for Violent Activities

1:13:04 The I Am NOT Sorry Route

1:17:02 "Culturally Produced...Armor" Roles

1:31:39 Tyler's Cultural & Environmental Background

1:35:15 The Issa Rae Parallel In Regards to Personal & Public Perception

1:42:32 The Tyler/Doja Cat Parallel & The Anti-Black "Smog"

1:55:06 Libidnu Economy & Specifically the "Anti-Black" Economy

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1:05 Hello!/The Joe Budden Situation

4:42 The Tricky Word Clip

7:37 The Budden Commentary Universe

9:39 "The Stop" Angle & Budden's Feeding Into These Narratives

13:23 Flip HATES Mark

15:59 Big or Small Words, It's All Insecurity

21:16 The Power Play, The Positioning

27:46 The "I'm the Smartest" Episode

31:31 When Bad Ethics Becomes The Mean of Profit

33:26 The Melissa Ex Mess

40:17 "Just the FACTS of the Case"

43:11 Mona's Flowers

46:45 Just in Time!

50:33 Who's Into the Slop?

58:08 One-Dimensionality: An Anti-Black Perspective

1:06:26 The "Smart & Funny" Clip

1:10:40 The Character templates

1:13:55 Is in Fact Tricky

1:15:04 The Imani Drink Snipe Clip

1:18:49 Normie Media

1:23:15 When We Start Talking by Way of "Ownership"

1:28:53 Kona Interview

This week on Olay & Friends, we get into the chaos surrounding Eric Adams’ ex-girlfriend dropping a tell-all about their affair and her time in his administration. We break down the mess, the motives, the timing, and what this whole spectacle reveals about power, politics, and the people who stay orbiting Adams long after they should’ve let go.

Chapters:0:00 Intro0:59 Hello!/ The Eric Adams Affair & The Book trailer4:32 "MLK to FBI??"10:09 He Does in Fact Pull Baddies14:56 The Job Eric Needed Jasmine to Work23:41 The GYMNASTICS27:24 More Evidence of the Lawlessness32:07 The Lack of Outreach for Black & Brown New Yorkers in the Zohran Campaign43:14 The Democratic Circling of Zohran51:04 The Uphill Battle of Campaigning55:08 Speaking Differently to Different People, & the Spectrum of Interent Characters58:56 The View Situation1:02:03 Trump's Affiliation With the Candidates, & How it Plays Against Zohran1:05:28 Trump's Particular Brand of Lawlessness1:13:09 Sharing Community With Neighbors Directly Against You?1:15:27 Actually Speaking & Spreading Truth the RIGHT Way1:26:23 The Rise of Othering of Non-Amercian Black Persons1:31:53 Recent Adam's Breakfast Club Reacts!

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Subscribe to the main channelhttps://www.YouTube.com/@olurinatti/Olay's Friends: @mayowasworld   @Homegworlhangout   @ToonrificTariq   @LilShopofAli  Follow Olay on all socials @msolurin Twitter: https://twitter.com/msolurinInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/msolurin/CashApp:$oolurin11Olay's Website:https://www.olayemiolurin.com/Subscribe to Olurintatti on Sub Stack:https://olurinatti.substack.com/Edited By:  @AyAyRonB   @An_0cto  Chapters:0:00 intro1:12 Hello!/ Ari Lennox & The Internet Making A Mountain Again16:48 Dissecting Mayowa's Comedy Methods21:54 The Spectrum of Weight That Weaponized Words Can Hold27:57 Resisting Critiques of Anti Blackness in Martin, & the Myriad of Causes33:37 Comedy That Exposes vs. Engages & Why Not Discerning Either is Harmful54:02 Being Critical About Comedy, & Acknowledging The Harm Caused in Comedy Attempts1:20:01 The Information Gap, The Reactionary Gap1:25:17 The Era of Cross-Dressing for Humor, & "Just Do Drag Already"1:34:31 Closing Thoughts

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This week on Olay & Friends, we get into B. Simone’s messy fallout with her friends, the IG-baddie-to-religious-influencer pipeline, and why Christianity in the Black community remains the giant, problematic elephant in the room nobody wants to talk about. We break down the performative “rebirth” trend, the way religion gets weaponized for clout, and how faith, influence, and hypocrisy keep colliding online.

Chapters:0:00 Intro1:32 Hello!/Maybe Got the Christian Thing Wrong9:28 The Twisting of Christian "Prosperity"15:12 Pt 2: The Church ALSO Twisting It20:27 Plot Twist: She is NOT the Good Friend28:42 Using Christianity to Fill the Uncertainty34:21 The More Systemic Side of the Problem45:42 Where Alt-Right Pipelines Tend to Come In53:43 Friends As Resource1:01:44 The Economic Promise of Christianity1:07:38 The Lack of Challenge Against Christian Practice1:11:49 The Social Argument for Christian Practices1:20 :39 Christian Contradictions when politics arrives1:24:09 Unlearning Christianity (And the Usually Long Road)